Underground Utility Installation in Pickens, SC
Trenchless horizontal directional drilling, water, gas, electric, fiber, and conduit — bored cleanly under Pickens driveways, roads, and landscapes since 1965.
Sloan Underground Construction provides trenchless underground utility installation in Pickens, SC — horizontal directional drilling, water, gas, electric, fiber, and conduit. If you've searched for underground boring near me in Pickens, you've probably already found us. Family-owned since 1965, four generations deep, licensed, insured, and bonded across the Carolinas.
Pickens County is where the Upstate runs out of flat ground and the Blue Ridge foothills take over. Sloan Underground has been running bores for homes, farms, and small commercial jobs across Pickens, Easley, Liberty, Clemson, and Six Mile for decades. It's tougher terrain than downtown Greenville — rockier, steeper, and with longer rural runs — which is why foothills homeowners stop calling generalists and call us.
What does underground utility boring cost in Pickens?
Residential HDD bores in Pickens typically start around $1,500–$3,500 for a short driveway crossing. Longer bores, commercial runs, or bores through rockier terrain scale to $4,000–$20,000+. Every Pickens job gets a free written estimate, usually within 24 hours.
How Pickens Boring Is Different
Pickens brings three realities to every bore: rock shelf, slope, and rural distance. The soil transitions from clay to rock as you move north through Six Mile, Sunset, and Pumpkintown — standard residential rigs quickly hit granite and gneiss that stops them cold. Our JT-520 and JT-2020 are built for that ground. Lot sizes are larger and driveways are longer, so a bore path that would be 40 feet in Greenville is often 200 feet in Pickens. The Clemson University area near Pendleton and the new growth around Highway 123 mix university-related construction with older residential stock. We also handle a lot of well-to-house, septic-adjacent, and long rural water-line bores across Pickens County that open-cut crews won't quote because the trenching math doesn't work.
Why Choose Sloan in Pickens
Foothills boring is a different skill than Piedmont boring, and Pickens is where it shows. We've lost pilot heads, broken rods, and learned where the rock hides — on someone else's job twenty years ago, not on yours. When a Pickens bore plan needs a rock head swap mid-job, we've already got one on the truck.
60+ years. 4 generations. Licensed, insured, bonded. One family, one crew, one shop — boring underground across the Carolinas since 1965.
What We Bore in Pickens
Horizontal Directional Drilling
Trenchless pilot bores, reaming, and pullback with our Ditch Witch fleet.
Water Line Installation
New service lines, replacements, extensions — without trenching the yard.
Gas Line Installation
Natural gas service and main bores meeting utility and safety specs.
Electric Line Installation
Underground electric service — residential, commercial, and solar infeed.
Fiber Optic Installation
ISP and telecom fiber bores, including tight urban and rural runs.
Conduit Placement
Empty conduit for power, telecom, and future utility pulls.
Trenchless Pipe Installation
Sewer, drainage, and irrigation pipe without surface disruption.
Residential Utilities
New homes, additions, replacements — all residential underground work.
Commercial Utilities
Site development, retail, multifamily, industrial — full commercial scope.
Common Questions About Pickens Work
Can you bore through rocky terrain in Pickens County?
Yes. We run Ditch Witch JT-520 and JT-2020 rigs specifically built for rock and mixed soils. Our operators plan for rock, carry rock heads on the truck, and adjust fluid and feed rate for Pickens County foothills conditions. Pure granite shelf sometimes requires a different approach — we'll tell you honestly if a bore isn't the right method.
Do you run long rural water line bores in Pickens?
All the time. Pickens County has plenty of long driveways, rural properties, and houses set back 150 to 400 feet from the road. We bore new water, gas, or electric service lines the full length without trenching. It's the same day-rate work; just a longer bore path.
Do you serve the Clemson and Pendleton area?
Yes. Clemson, Pendleton, Central, and the Highway 123 growth corridor are regular parts of our Pickens County service area. We bore residential services and handle small commercial conduit and utility jobs across that area routinely.
Last Updated: April 2026